Robert Powell Quotes

I was there at the birth of my son and had the extraordinary feeling when I first saw him of thinking this was the first person I would willingly die for. I had the same strong feelings when my daughter was born.

Robert Powell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 1, 1944

Topics

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To make three films out of one shortish book, they have to turn it into an epic, just as 'Lord of the Rings' is an epic. But 'The Hobbit' isn't an epic: its tone is intimate and personal, and although it's full of adventures and excitement, they're on a different scale to those of the bigger book.

John Lanchester

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I think you can be tough and aggressive with facts in a way that you cannot be tough and aggressive with emotional retorts. Most of the people that try to be tough on TV are really just being emotional and not factual.

John Sununu

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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.

Sophocles

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I never know how to give advice to a writer because there's so much you could say, and it's hard to translate your own experience. But of course, I always try. The main thing that I usually end up saying is to read a lot. To read a great deal and to learn from that.

Sue Monk Kidd

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Some actors are better with words than me. I prefer to play it rather than say it - and keep people thinking.

Travis Fimmel

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What I'm asking for is a new economic order. I don't know how to construct that; I'm not an economist.

Michael Moore

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The only thing left that shows I was a heart patient is I have a scar down the middle of my chest where they went in three times to do open heart surgery. I have a brand new heart inside, and all the mechanical and electronic gear and so forth is all gone.

Dick Cheney

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My mindset is of the person who is still unsure whether they have enough money in their ATM to go to another bar. I lived that way when I was unemployed, when I was a snowboard instructor, and when I was at NYU. A lot of my personality is stuck in those five years, and I don't know if that's ever gonna change.

Dennis Crowley

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I was at Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver for four years, and I loved it.

Douglas Coupland

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I will have a one-hour program called the Mission Watch, where I will describe details of the mission and give additional information about the lessons from space.

Christa McAuliffe

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I had to redo my last house after the pipes burst, and something was lost in the renovation. The soul of the old space was compromised.

Cindy Sherman

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Buffalo Wild Wings is always a good choice.

Brendon Urie

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